Star TreK: VI - "ReMastered"?

[JarodRussell]

Moreover, a weapons officer would've been willing to do that kind of work. My point is that McCoy shouldn't have been. "I will not take life, not even to save my own." There's no way that the man who said those words would've so blithely helped modify a weapon to make it better able to kill. It was completely out of character.

I seriously hope that a medical officer aboard a ship does kill someone in order to save 300 of his shipmates and to prevent the assassination of a President and to prevent war, oath or not.

 

[Bob Karo]

Moreover, a weapons officer would've been willing to do that kind of work. My point is that McCoy shouldn't have been. "I will not take life, not even to save my own." There's no way that the man who said those words would've so blithely helped modify a weapon to make it better able to kill. It was completely out of character.

I seriously hope that a medical officer aboard a ship does kill someone in order to save 300 of his shipmates and to prevent the assassination of a President and to prevent war, oath or not.

Exactly. Especially since it's his job to protect the well being of the people on the Enterprise, not to mention preventing a war. The situation in "The Empath" is much different. That was him not allowing an innocent to die to save himself. This is combat with the lives of his crew in immeadiate danger while they're defending the Federation.

 

[Christopher]

I seriously hope that a medical officer aboard a ship does kill someone in order to save 300 of his shipmates and to prevent the assassination of a President and to prevent war, oath or not.

If he absolutely had to, yeah. But he certainly wouldn't have been so cheerful and jokey about it as he was shown to be. He would've done it with great reluctance and a heavy heart. And he wouldn't have volunteered for it unless it were absolutely necessary that he be the one to do it -- which it wasn't.